Thorsten Altenkirch
Thorsten Altenkirch is a German Professor of Computer Science at the University of Nottingham known for his research on logic, type theory, and homotopy type theory. Altenkirch was part of the 2012/2013 special year on univalent foundations at the Institute for Advanced Study. At Nottingham he co-chairs the Functional Programming Laboratory with Graham Hutton.Education
Altenkirch obtained his PhD from the University of Edinburgh under Rod Burstall.Contributions
Altenkirch's work includes: Containers, Epigram programming language, and Homotopy Type Theory: Univalent Foundations of Mathematics.
Altenkirch has also been a guest on the YouTube channel Computerphile
